Transmission mechanism.



M. BEAMER. TRANSMISSION MBGHANISM. APPLIUATION ILBD MAB.. 21, 1907.

Patented June 15,1909:

. 6 M A A .Kwik

UNTER@ TRANSMSSON MECHANISM.

Application filed earcli 2, 1907.

Specification of Letters Parent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Serial No. 353,772.

To all wimn if m (1.13/ con/viril:

Re it known l'hal l, MA uufinrrn Dui-armi, a eilizen .ol the lepulilie olI l*`ranee, residingA ai Pare Si. Maur, 22 Avenne lilanehe, Seine, France. have iuvenred eerlain new and nnelul improremen'ln in Transmission ileehan iam. ol' whieh the followingl is a upeei'liealion.

'llhe preneur invention has lor ils olijeel an apparatus lor the transmission ol' power. adapted lor use l'or all meehanieal puriuieh` or maehinen, hul which in more partieularljrV iiil'ended lor emplojrmen ou molor road Yehieles lor rranamilixul' #he movemen oll the driving' shall lo a lljfn'heel whiel. is eoueeulrie nih the name, and n'hieh in ils urn drives lhe 'wheels ol' lhe rehiele hy an)1 appropriate means. This apparatus frans- -mits the. movemenl lrom lhe driving shall' llo the llywheel in Sueh a manner tha lhe ratio ol' the speeds ol' rotation o'll these lwo paris inayvary aulomalirallywith ilievariations ol' rebifitanee, and so that ille motor oou'noi he hroui'hl` lo rest `solely 'under lhe iniluenoey ol' excessive resisl'anee noting upon the 'llllvwheel All usual ehangw'e speed gears may" therefore he adranlagreously replaced luy tl e present apparnl'us, vihieh doeii uol` oonigirise an;Y gear Wheels and 'r-fliieli is aimplo and strong in eonolruelion.

i eruislrueiional l'ornI ol' this; apparalun is represmited by way ol exampleiin lhe aei'roinpanyinoj drawings.

Figure l is a seelion through he apparaH lun al', righi.- angles lo rhe driving` shall. hier .2 represenils a nei-lion ou `he line m-ii oll Piek l.

'llo the Shall, l ol the iuollor here is riiidlav iiXocl n plate. L! ond upon this later a lly- Wheel 3 presoixting' the ldrm olI a eireular 'box is mounted on hall hearing-S 4 in inella manner as lo he mspaiile pl' rolation. This lll\'\\'hee.l ."3 is intended lor driving' the -reeeivine; meehauinm, the wheels ol' molor road vehieleo lor example lhrouoh au)v approprizrto lvrafnsminsion gea fihe driiuingli ol' Lhe llyu'heel I, representingI 'ihe resialnnee, hy ihe plf'nte L" frhien repreneurs the power7 is oluaiued hy means ol' roller .Vr-moulded in ihe plate and presaed Yieldingljr againn .i a pa t heomprisingi ini-lined snrlaren 6 iixed in the llrirlu-el il.

fiilaeh ol the rollers moulded hy moana` ol' a hall hearing' lol in a l'orh T guided radially in recesses 5' and .l l'ormed in the plaie 2. I'ihe guidn'nee ol' the lorli in lhe rei-langular rer-orio H is provided l'or hy means oi' l rollers lo mounted on balls llor the purpose. l oll redueing l'rietiou. v

l llael ol' the lorlzs is suhjeeied to the norion ol a powerful lspring' ll arranged in a erlindrieal hox l2 sliding in lhe'ieeess 9 and reaiine' upon lwo adjuoiiug' wedges i3 Inovahle in lgrooves l-l parallel with the shall. irll the wedges lJ-l are Vlixed to a ring 15 sliding l`reel`\ on lhe shall' l. and lo which a. nut ll' Sere-ned upon ille loler is eonneeed, in s :eh a manner that ln amino upon thi@` nut the tension ol` all lhe springs il adjusted simulianeously.

fl en lhe driving Shaft 'l and the plate rotaie ai a giron speed in the direction indiealed h): the arrow il. the rollers 5 pressed opinioni rho inclined surfaces exert upon hese lai ier ellorls, the eomponents of which7 direri ed rangientiallj ro the eirelo olE rol'ntion, -exerl :m arlfion equivalent lo lha?. of the inotior couple ol' rho shalt l when the resistant ino it., the liyxrln-el l is driven, and roliats at a speed eo ral ro that of Ehe driving' shaft.

`'lhe .inelinal-ion, the height' ol' the inclined rlae` and the strengl h ol' the springs 11, fue dote: nued in laueh a nninnor that the rollers do uol reaeli he snmmi l? ol the, lnelined nnrl'aees eXee n under the inlluenee l oli rho maximum eoupile that' ihe motor is en pahle ol produringI normally. il follows that l1 r eaeh ral e oll lne resislnnee less than or mpial lo llu motor couple. (he rollers 5 will oeeu'py prrrlelermined poeiitions ol equilibrium upon the ineliued sudores. and will approa'eh the summits lT more elosely aeeordiue' as the resislauee is urea-1er, ihereby eolnpresring; the Springs ll io an inerasing extent'.

il' the resistanr couple Ldiould exreed tho moor eouple, the rollerv 5 will pass over tho summit` l' and run upon ihe iuelined surfaces (S, eonrinuingl lo exerl upon these latter drivingy ell'orls n'hieh are reproduced every lime a roller acts upon a l'resh inelinod surfaee and nel in the manner oi' sueeesaire impulsions; the ll \".\\'heel B then roiale v less rap` idlil'han the shaft, l) iis speed deereasing 1n ijiroporlion lo lhe inerease ol' the resi'slianei, while il reeeirea a 'proporliona{el}Y increased nnmiier ol' impulsions l'rom the rollers Tho iranomission ratio lherelore varies autor nratieally in proportion to the resista-neo in Snell manner that perl'erl equalily is always iunilitaiinedhelirren lhe morire pon-er represented hylhe inerr .singijlr' numerous impulcouple is less Lhanlihe mororeouple, or equal i loo lill

- constant iis ,ossibleg it is advantageous to orto the ro ers uniioriiily, with n. number .istiiiclined surfe es between them, sary iioiir ond (seo Fig.

Formen degree of power of the niotor, the spoed oi the vehicle or of the engine or tlisiliire will adjust itself in proportion to the resistance to be overcome. lf it is desired to .increose'or deoiosse the speed of the vehicle, for example, :it a given nioinent, it is only k.neitssfiry to increase ordecreiise the power oi the motor ot suoli nilon'ieiit loy the -well known moons. l

The inclinedv siii-faces 6 orc preferably motie of ieiither, or other simil-ir nieiteriiii, in order 'to deoden the noise ol` the rollers 5 when they poss over the summits 17 Witlioiitsiepiirting from the invention, it is oi' -uoiirse possible to vary the iiiiesselntial oonsti'iiotioniil d etiiils of the. triiiisinission oppiii'ntiis which is here represented by wiiy of exsiiiplo.' For exniople, insteiid ol the springs l, any other equivalent .elastic nicinhert, sing-,li :is Compressed oir pistons or the iiiio moy he oiiiployod. The iiiiinlier :iii'd the im l. iii of the ioll.er-riioes 6 indy irlso he. viisis, ior instance, ii single roce moy he t iii-siii on tiio Whois of the cirouinierence ol 'tin' iiyiifli "ei 3, :ind tiny niiiiiber ol1A rollers e to srtwitii yielding iiessure on Two or moro siinilii-r roces or iiioy lie irri-rigori side by sido i, .iid co ,iliinod with iin efiuiil no )er oi sii-ics of yielding pressure rollers.

ii the, other lmriid, ino/ond 0i'iocfttiiig the lll roces extsriorly ywith respect to the rollers, the hitter niziy `be arranged outside the former, in which esse the races are formed on the outer periphery of the flywheel, oiid the rollers, arranged iiioiiiid the races, ore mounted on s iring pressed pistons slidiibleA radially iii a drivingT ri'ilg concentrcto the ilywhecl and located` either at the outside or inside ol' the hitter. The roces may also be :irriingod laterally on o e or llioth si y es of ii iiywliecl or on the imiorsides of tw arallel fliwvlieels, while the rollers will be carried by transversal pistons slidiible piirallelly t0 the iixis of rot'iition of'ii driving late4 or plates piiriillel to the llywlieel. They fitter iiiriiiigenient iniiy he of iidvantage as to the reduirtion of the diei-instel' oftlie apparatus zuid the facility with which the springs iniy .instemt In it voriiililc speed transmission appura- .tus, the combination of a rotaryr plate, a flv wheel having the iixisthei'eof coincident with be iidthat ol the plate and provided with n i'iioeyii'iiy A hin-'ing one or more protuherfiiices, one side of which is slightly inclined and the other sido of which is steeply inclined, istoiis riidiyolly guided oii'tlio plate uni' yieldngly pressed toward siiid racewiiy, und cylindrical rollers mounted on said pistons and running on the riuewziy which liiis'its'generiiting linos parallel to the iixis of the ily wheel. l

v lii testimony that l claim the foregoing its my invention, I have signed my iiiiine iii presence ol two subscribing witnesses.

' MARGUERITE DRAPIER.

Witnesses:

JULES DRAPIER, Minions ROUX. i 

